Igniting mechanism



.1. M. ROSE. Igniting Mechanism.

(No Model.)

10.242313; Patented Mfay- 31.1881.

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llNirnn STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ISRAEL M. ROSE, OF NORVVALK, CONNECTICUT.

IGNITING MECHANISM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iletters Patent No. 242,373, dated May 31, 1881.

Application filed March 16, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISRAEL M. ROSE, of Norwalk, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Igniting Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to mechanism or apparatus in which a fulminate tapethat is, a strip of paper or other material provided with pellets of ignitible material-is employed as a means of igniting; and an important object of the invention is to combine such an igniting mechanism with a kerosene-lamp burner, so that it will furnish as'imple and very desirable means for igniting the wick of the burner.

The invention consists in the combination of a rest, over which a tape provided with friction pellets of ignitable material may be drawn, and a stationary igniter adjacent to the rest, and adapted to bear upon and serving to scratch and ignite the pellets on the tape as the latter is drawn pastit.

The igniter consists of a spring-arm, which is first deflected by the pellets and then springs back, thereby scratching over and igniting them.

The invention also consists in the combination, with a lamp-burner, of a rest adjacent to the tip thereof, over which a tape provided with pellets of i gnitible material may be drawn or moved, an igniter, and a standard or frame supporting said rest projecting upward within the cone of the burner, but isolated from and independent of the wick-tube, and preferably forming a catch for holding the cone in place.

The invention also consists in the combination, with a lamp-burner, of a rest over which a tape provided with pellets of ignitible material may be drawn or moved, adjacent to the tip of the wick-tube, an igniter, a magazine for a roll of tape attached to the exterior of the burner, and a reel or feed-spindleior drawing the tape from said magazine over the rest, and for winding up the spent tape after its pellets have been consumed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel represents a vertical section of a lamp-burnerhavin g my improved igniting mechanism combined with it, and Fig. 2 represents a plan thereof.

(No model.)

Similarletters of reference designate correspondingparts in both the figures.

A designates the base, B the wick-tube, and

C the cone,of akerosenelamp burner of ordinary form.

Drepresents an upright standard, (shown as in the form of a tubular case,) attached at its lower end to the base A of the burner, and preferably made of sheet metal.

In the upper portion of the standard D is pivoted a rotary drum or roller, over which a piece of tape,-F, provided with pellets of material capable of ignition by friction, may be drawn or moved.

Gr designates a magazine, which is attached to the exterior of the burner, (in this instance to the edge or circumference of the base A,) and which is adapted to receive a roll of the tape, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. From the magazine G the tape F is passed through a hole in the base A within the colic C, thence upward within the standard D, over the rotary roller E, and down within the standard. The

free end of the tape F is then secured to a feed-spindle or reel, H, which is journaled in two cheelrpieces, a, with its axis parallel, or approximately parallel, with the axis of the circular magazine G; and it is obvious that by turning; the feed-spindle or reel H the tape F may be drawn from the magazine Gr over the rotary drum or roller E, and thence downward, and wound upon the reel or feed-spindle H.

As clearly shown in Fig. 1, the standard D projects upward within the cone C and close to the side thereof, but is whollyisolated from and unattached to the wick-tube, so that oil cannot get upon the ignitihle tape F and destroy the pellets. The upper end of the standard projects through an opening in the cone, which is formed by an extension of the cone-slit C.

Upon the outer side of the standard D may be formed a shoulder, b, which bears upon the edge of the opening in the cone through which the standard D extends, as shown in Fig. 1, and thus forms a catch for holding the cone in place upon the base A of the burner.

In lieu of the tubular standard D, the roller E might be pivoted in a standard consisting of a straight strip of metal. The roller E, over which the tape F is drawn, forms a rest there- IOO jects in the path of the tape F in such close proximity thereto that the pellets c on the tape cannot pass the igniter as the tape is fed or drawn forward, but bear upon and are ignited or fired by frictional contact with the igniter. The igniter I is elastic, so that it may be first deflected slightly by a pellet bearing against it, and will then be carried suddenly backward to its normal position by its resilience, and scratching quickly across the pellet is sure to fire it. The igniter I consists of a piece of wire coiled at (I to give it the desirable elasticity, and attached to the cone 0 or to the standard D.

It will be seen that the pellets are fired while the tape F is moving toward the wick-tube B, and as there is nothing interposed the fire or flame from the pellet is directed over the wicktube, thus rendering the igniting of the wick certain.

It will also be observed that the spent tape, after the pellets are ignited, is not consumed or scattered about, but is wound upon the feedspindle or reel H, and when the roll of tape is entirely exhausted it may be taken off the feedspindle or reel, and a fresh roll inserted in the magazine.

Though only shown in connection with a lampburner, the rest for the tape and the stationary i gniter are applicable to various forms ofigniting mechanism in which tape provided with pelletsisemployed-such, for instance, as mechanism for igniting gas-burners.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a rest over which a tape provided with pellets of ignitible material may be drawn or moved, and a stationary igniter adjacent to the rest, and adapted to bear upon the tape as the latter is drawn or moved over the rest, and serving to scratch and ignite the pellets as they move past it, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with a rest over which a tape provided with pellets of ignitible material may be drawn or moved, of an elastic stationary ignitcr adapted to be deflected by the pellets upon said tape as in their movement they come in contact with it, and on attaining a certain tension to spring back and ignite them, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with alamp-burner, of a rest over which a tape provided with pellets of ignitible material may be drawn, a standard or frame supporting said rest and pro' jecting upward within the cone of the burner, but isolated from and independent of the wick tube, and an igniter adjacent to said rest, and past which said tape is drawn or moved, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, with a lamp-burner, of a rest over which a tape provided with pellets of ignitible material may be drawn, a standard or frame supporting said rest projecting upward within the cone, and provided with a catch for holding said cone down, and an igniter adjacent to the tip of the wick-tube, and past which said tape is drawn or moved, substantially as specified.

5. The combination, with a lamp-burner, of a rest adjacent to the tip of the wick-tube over which a tape provided with pellets of ignitt ble material may be drawn, an igniter adjacent to said rest, a magazine attached to the exterior of the burner for containing a roll of tape, and a teed-spindle or reel for drawing said tape from said magazine over said rest and rolling up the spent tape, substantially as specified.

I. M. ROSE. Witnesses:

T. J. KEANE, FREDK. HAYNEs. 

